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6. How long was the wire fence that became the Berlin Wall?

  • 40 miles
  • 30 miles
  • 20 miles
  • 50 miles

7. Who said "In our day there are only two ways, peaceful coexistence or the most destructive war in our history"?

  • Dwight Eisenhower
  • Josef Stalin
  • Nikita Khrushchev
  • Harry Truman

8. Why did Khrushchev reject the 'Open Skies' proposal?

  • He was worried about what they might find
  • USSR had no plane to compare to USA's U-2
  • He was angry that the USA had been spying
  • He had no representatives to be in the planes

9. Why did the USA not like the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

  • Eastern European states had to pay for it
  • USA wanted to do it first
  • They thought it meant the USSR had superiority in long-range missiles
  • USA said USSR had no right to launch it

10. What was the outcome of the Geneva summit 1955?

  • No real outcome
  • Reduction in arms
  • Open skies implemented
  • Freedom for Germany